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Stop and think things over, and change. Take up a pipe and drop the stuffy greys and reps. For a shocker give the soft shirt a chance--pants and tie match. Keep the coat and shoes conventional, but spice them with a carnation in the buttonhole and striped laces. No more crew cuts, no more sneakers...

Author: By George S. Abrams, Erik Amfitheatrof, and Joy Willmunen, S | Title: Alcohol Craze Upsets F allFashions With Chic 'Dress to Drink' Spree | 10/23/1952 | See Source »

...half-sweater, half-vest is a reasonably priced article. The front looks like an ordinary vest, usually set in a square pattern with quietly contrasting colors, but the back is woven elastic. As long as a coat is worn over the vest, no one is the wiser...

Author: By George S. Abrams, Erik Amfitheatrof, and Joy Willmunen, S | Title: Vest Vital to Fat, Pocketless Men; Buttons Revived | 10/23/1952 | See Source »

...least two students were treated for injuries as the University and Cambridge high school students fought to touch, shake hands with, or just to see the General. Eisenhower's coat was torn and the radio antenna and license plate of his car were ripped off in the near riot. The General kept smiling throughout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Ike' Causes Jam in Square; Two Students Hurt in Mob | 10/22/1952 | See Source »

...other, perhaps not having noticed the rug, half hidden by the shrubs, dragged it in a different direction so that its woollen coat rose over its ears. "Dirty, dirty," she cried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: ROMANCE | 10/20/1952 | See Source »

...Said he: "[The sale] was simply a payoff, and somebody made $75,000 for doing nothing." Control of the corporation was held in option by Lawyer Rosenbaum, who denied the charges, and by ex-RFC Employee E. Merl Young. His wife, a White House secretary, was given a mink coat for which Rosenbaum paid the bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: PRICES | 10/20/1952 | See Source »

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